Invincible Fight Girl wants to keep the dream of serialized animation alive

Juston Gordon-Montgomery grew up in the Attitude Era of pro wrestling – a time when personalities were huge, storylines were wild, and the whole thing bordered on highbrow. Although it has become much easier to watch wrestling in the streaming age, the sport's cultural dominance has waned in the years since it first captured Gordon-Montgomery's … Read more

Apple wins a battle (and $250) in its smartwatch patent fight with Masimo

Apple has won a mixed victory in a patent infringement lawsuit against medical device maker Masimo. On Friday, a federal jury found that Masimo had infringed some Apple patents, and as part of the verdict, Apple was awarded $250 – yes, just $250 – as a statutory remedy for Masimo's infringement. $250 is the statutory … Read more

The Tales Of Kenzera devs are making a Gothic horror RPG beat ’em up where two characters fight over one body

The creators of “beautifully designed yet imprecise platforming adventure” Tales Of Kenzera: Zau are working on an Afrofuturist gothic-horror RPG with isometric visuals and a body-sharing dual character premise. Currently known as Project Uso – the Swahili word for ‘face’, ‘appearance’ or ‘surface’ – it’ll take place in the same world as Kenzera, and will take inspiration from Surgent Studio founder Abubakar Salim’s experiences of parenthood. Providing, that is, the developers can find enough money to make it.

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Video game preservationists have lost a legal fight to study games remotely

Video games in the form of computer programs in physical or downloaded formats, lawfully acquired as complete games, which do not require access to an external computer server to play and which are no longer reasonably available on the commercial market, solely for the purpose of preserving the game in a playable form by an … Read more